Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-26
the charms of Alice he failed to betray
1t by look and kept up his attacks on

the Drehd-plate In way that somewhat
alarmed the worthy Zachariah. Alice,
however either from smaller appe-
tite or curiosity or coquettishness, or
there ISM room here to make a cata-
logue of the different feelings which are
liable to move the female mind. so
will say, or something-did not fail TO
folks" of the family. She certainly
didn't find anything very handsome,
though she did not find herself pre-
pared to say that he was quite so bad
looking as Zacharah had said He
was tall, raw-boned. with hair of a sort
OF undecided shade with strong lean
ing towards red. and immensely large
hands and-a good appetite. He
looked intelligent and like a good fell
low generally. While Alice admitted
10 herself that he was far from being
as handsome as some of the other hired
men who had risen and fallen in the
Daybaugh family, at the same time she
decided that there were without doubt
many worse young men in the world.
and that much as his looks were
against him. she could conceive that
the time might come when she would
see her way clear to administer to him
pie, dried pumpkin pie, from the pan
try window. Though the thought did
occur to her that even if he did recover
from the effects of the meal he was now
eating, 1t would be exceedingly doubt
full if he would have any desire for any
thing so substantial us dried pumpkin
pie an inch thick for some time.
At last Tom stopped eating, evident
ly more because the others did than
from any personal reason.
''Jes' give the hogs bout four buck
cts o that swill in the bar by the door,
an pump up the trough full o water
an turn the bosses oat'n the pasture,
an then ye better 60 { bed cause we
wanto be out o bed gin sun-up in the
mornin'," said Zacharnb to Tom as
they rose from the supper-table. Il
swar, Hammer" he continued. after
Tom went out, "did you see how he
waded into the bread n butterP'
''He did pear t have powerful
good appetite
wall, | should say so, wy /
thought he'ud kill himself dead. If
the blame cuss keeps eatin' like that
bo'l1 40, ne an, oS J. o,soini hou,o IL
he slows it way like that now wot'n
he do when he CESS . diggin' post
holes"
II dunno, Zacarier, yer the one what
hired him"
II reckon, pap, the teller mightn't o
had any dinner. still. =" remarked Alice.
Zachariah looked AT Hannah andlHan-
nah looked at Zachariah. If Alice
wasn't standing up for him already
and man whose looks were so against
him. too! Must that dreadful pump
kin pie episode be repeated? They
both groaned-inwardly-and Zachari-
ali went out to see that the hogs were
properly fed, and Hannah TO water
some choice cabbages-
The next day the grand attack was
made on the post-holes. For several
days following. the post-hole and
barbed wire fence campaign was kept
up. Then there was the breaking on
the back forty, and the haying in the
slough. and the corn cultivating, and
a number of those pleasant little rec
reations which farm life is subject to
between ''seedin' n harvest" And
in everything Zacharsh found Tom a
model hired man. He eculd dig few
more post-holeS, and do little more
breaking and pitch hay little harder.
and stay in the corn-field little long
er than Zachariah could himself. In
fact, in his own words that man
'peared { be bout as chuck full o
hard days work as they make EN-. "
And he also proved to be remarkably
good-natured and reliable. But alas!
there was the old trouble. Pie? Well,
no, not pie yet, but it seemed as if it
might almost reach that before it cul-
m mated.
1t started on the Fourth of July.
Zachariah had told Tom to hitch up
old Doll and "the colt Gust past the
eighteenth anniversary of his BIRTH
and they would all drive into town and
witness the great celebration, "a cele-
brstion." remarked the able Appleby
Asitdtor, "never before equaled in our
Terrtory-one in VIII oh the Eagle will
Scream and strong men and fair women
will vie with each other in doing honor
to our Nations Birthday"
When Zschariah and his amiabie
spouse reached the door what was their
horror to find Tom and Alice on the
front seat. leaving the buck seat for
them. 1t did no good to look at them
they were very busy discussing the
relative beauty of different colored